Brake mechanism.



.8 0 9. 1 1 l G U A. D E T4 N E T A P 10.895,525. I R. H. WHITE.

BRAKE MEGHANISM. APPLICATXOH FILED HAY 10, 1906.

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#n e avec' Aff? ROLLIN II. WHITE, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, `AssIc.\.'oR, BY MES-NE .issIcNMENTs To THE .WHITE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OE OHIO.l

drum and being obliged to work its way out between the braking surfaces.

The invention consists in the combinations of parts hereinafter described and pointed out definitely in the claims..

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectlonal view of the Invention, lg. 2 1s a view from the right side of Fig. 1;

and Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe sleeve C,.

from the left side of Fiff. 1.

A represents one of the driving axles of a motor car.

B represents one of the casing tubes through which the axle passes and in which it is rotatively mounted. The axle bearing is in the overhanging end of a sleeve C which is immovably fastened upon the tube B.

D represents the wheel hub which is nonrotatively secured upon the projecting end of the axle. A disk E is screwed upon and immovably secured to the wheel hub, and is rovided with an overhanging cylindrical ange e, whose interior surface is the braking surface. This disk and its flange constitute what is commonly called the brake drum. On the overhanging part c of the sleeve C, within the flange e, 1s a circumferential disk-like flange c. The two brake shoes G G are substantially semi-circular in form, and each is provided with an inwardly extended grooved flange e', the groove of which embraces the outer edge of the disk c. These two semi-circular brake shoes are adjustably connected together by a right and left hand screw K, which fits with suflicient looseness in the holes in the ends of t-he brake shoes to permit them to swing relatively to each other, as on a pivot, enough to bring their Outer peripheries into contact with flan e e, or to permit them to raw inward ant embrace the disk c. The central body of the double screw has radial holes k, into which a pin N v i Specication of Letters Patent. I i .g f ,g Y Application mea may Io, 1906. seria No. 316,074.

BRAKE IwrEcnaNIsM.

vPatented Aug.' 11, reos."

may be inserted to turn the screw. This pin ordinarily lies artly in one of said holes and in a radial 1no e c3 in disk c', being held in place by two cotter pins n, and thereby the screw K is prevented from turning afterit has been properly adjusted. A spring or `A UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

springs M secured to the two brake shoes exerts its force to draw them together, and, in`

so doing, to draw them in upon the cylindrical flange c and thereby to draw them away from the inner surface of the flange e.

A rock shaft J mounted in bearings c', which area part of the sleeve C, has on one end a cam j, which lies between the disconnected ends of the brake shoes. This shaft is provided with an operatiny arm j', whereby the shaft. Inay be turned with the result of so esA moving said cam that the brake shoes are thrust apart or ex anded into Contact with the inner surface o the flange e.

This construction has two distinct advantages. Iu the first place, when the cam j is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the spring M, acting upon the brake shoes G, draws them toward each other, and thereby causes them to closely embrace the `flange c', and this insures that they shall not drag at any point upon the flange e. The main advantage', however, is that the brake drum is closed, so to say. That is to say, the two brake shoes and the flange c prevent stones or dirt or other foreign particles from getting into the brake drum behind the brake shoes. Vfhen, in ordinary inside hub or drum brakes, the dirt does get to this place, it usually has -to work. its way out between the inner periphery of the brake drum and the outer opposed surface of the brake shoes. This, of course, lessens the efficiency of the brake and it also causes these braking surfaces to be worn or ground away by the dirt which gets between them.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In an automobile, the combination withl 2. In an automobile, the combination with 110 a rotatable wheel, a. brake drum fixed thereto, and a non-rotatable disk within said drum, with arc-shaped brake shoes located within said drum and provided with internal 'Y circumferential grooves which embrace theouter edge of said disk, means ad'ustably connecting an end of one-shoe with t e adj acent end of the other shoe, a cam interposed vbetween the other adjacent ends of said two 'brake shoes, mechanism for operating sai cam, and a sprin for drawing saidy shoes together upon said isk.

3. An automobile brake consisting. of'a sleeve fast u on. one 'of the tubular lcasin members an having a radial flange upon its overhangin overhanging the same an gortiomwith an axle projecting through an avmg its hearing insaid sleeve, a wheel hub non-rotatably secured to said axle, a brake 'g' t, v' i 7 895,525

drum fixed to said wheel hub with its iange `2o overhanging saidsleeve and the lradial flange thereon, two ep roximately semi-cylindrical brake shoes eac having ,aninternal groove which fits over the edge of saidfiange, means adjustably connecting said brake shoes to- 25 RoLLi'N H. WHITE.

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